Veteran Dravidian leader bats for Centre’s ‘three-language’ policy

Nonagenarian Dravidian person S. Duraisamy, who had participated successful the anti-Hindi imposition agitation and served arsenic DMK MLA on with enactment laminitis C.N. Annadurai successful 1967, has urged the Tamil Nadu authorities to follow what helium described arsenic the “acceptable” three-language look advocated by the Centre, truthful arsenic to assertion the withheld backing nether PM SHRI Scheme.

There was thing incorrect successful learning a 3rd connection (not needfully Hindi) on with English and the determination language, Mr. Duraisamy, besides seasoned commercialized national leader, told The Hindu. It would beryllium successful the interests of students successful districts bordering neighbouring States to larn Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, helium explained.

“I opposed Hindi successful the Assembly and americium inactive opposed to the imposition. But then, the accidental to larn different determination connection ought to beryllium utilised well,” Mr. Duraisamy said.

Lauding the TVK government’s presumption of powerfulness connected anti-corruption plank, Mr. Duraisamy, appealed to Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to support distant from ministerial berths the “tainted” rebel MLAs from the AIADMK who expressed enactment to his government.